Danny Monteverde, The Times-PicayuneNew Orleans Police Department crime scene technicians collect evidence in the 3500 block of Gen. Taylor Street in Broadmoor on Friday. A man was shot to death in the block about 6:40 a.m.

Larry Collier, 36, died from gunshot wounds to his head, back and chest, said John Gagliano, chief investigator for the coroner's office.

Police found Collier's body next to an abandoned house in the 3500 block of Gen. Taylor Street just before 7 a.m. Friday. Gagliano said Collier, who most recently lived in Baton Rouge but was from New Orleans, appeared to have been shot about 2 a.m.